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ORIGIN". 

The  course  of  migration  in  our  country  runs  natu- 
rally from  east  to  west  on  lines  of  latitude;  there  was 
thus  a  large  infusion  of  New  England  elements  in  the 
stream  of  human  life  which  first  poured  in  to  occupy 
the  territory  of  Wisconsin  and  northern  Illinois.  Puri- 
tan ideas  of  the  home,  the  school,  the  church  and  the 
college  were  transplanted  and  took  root  here  with 
the  first  upturning  of  the  prairie  sod.  They  were  es- 
pecially cherished  in  the  Congregational  and  Presbyte- 
rian churches  organized.  Hence,  within  ten  years  of 
the  time  when  the  Indian  council  fires  were  extin- 
guished by  the  Black  Hawk  war,  representatives  of 
these  churches  were  gathered  in  council,  praying  to- 
gether and  thinking  on  a  college.  These  thoughts  were 
deepened,  in  conference  with  others  at  a  convention  of 
representatives  of  those  two  denominations  from  the 
northwestern  states,  held  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  June, 
1844.  They  became  defined  and  matured  in  four  successive 
conventions,  held  in  that  and  the  following  year,  for  the 
specific  purpose  of  considering  what  Could  be  done  for 
the  promotion  of  higher  education  for  Wisconsin  and 


4  HISTORICAL   SKETCH. 

northern  Illinois.  These  deliberations  resulted  in  a 
unanimous  judgment  of  a  convention,  which  numbered 
sixty-eight  members,  that  a  college  for  young  men,  and 
a  female  seminary  of  the  highest  order  for  young 
women,  should  be  established,  one  in  Wisconsin  and  the 
other  in  Illinois,  near  to  the  border  line  of  the  two 
states.  The  college  was  located  at  Beloit,  Wis.;  the 
female  seminary  was  subsequently  located  at  Rockford, 
111.  In  October,  1845,  the  fourth  convention  adopted  a 
form  of  charter,  and  elected  a  Board  of  Trustees;  to 
whom  was  committed  the  charge  of  carrying  forward 
the  enterprise.  Beloit  was  selected  as  the  place  for  the 
college,  because  it  was  central  and  easy  of  access  to  the 
population  of  the  two  states,  and  because  the  people  of 
that  village  had  already  evinced  an  interest  in  the  work 
of  education  by  sustaining  a  seminary  which  offered 
facilities  superior  to  any  found  elsewhere  in  the  region. 

THE   CHARTER. 

On  application,  the  territorial  legislature  of  Wiscon- 
sin enacted  a  charter  for  the  college,  approved  February 
2d,  1846,  and  printed  on  pages  103-4  of  the  volume  of 
Laws  of  Wisconsin  for  1846.  The  corporate  title  is 
"The  Board  of  Trustees  of  Beloit  College.,,  By  the 
act  of  incorporation,  the  board  of  trustees  consists  of 
sixteen  members,  with  power  to  increase  the  number  to 
twenty-four.  Any  seven  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business.  The  board  elects  new  mem- 
bers for  no  definite  term  of  service,  but  failure  for  more 
than  one  year  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  the  trust  may 
create  a  vacancy.  The  charter  specifies  no  particular 
requirements  for  membership.     The  following  persons 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE.  5 

are  named  as  original  trustees,  viz.:  Reverends  A.  Kent, 
D.  Clary,  S.  Peet,  F.  Bascom,  C.  Waterbury,  J.  D. 
Stevens,  A.  L.  Chapin  and  R.  M.  Pearson,  and  Messrs. 
G.  W.  Hickcox,  A.  Raymond,  C.  M.  Goodsell,  E.  H. 
Potter,  L.  G.  Fisher,  W.  Talcott,  C.  G.  Hempstead  and 
S.  Hinman  —  one  half  clergymen  and  one  half  laymen; 
one  half  resident  in  Wisconsin  and  one  half  in  Illinois. 
Of  these  original  members,  nine  have  deceased,  four  are 
still  in  the  board,  which  at  present  numbers  twenty- 
three.  The  charter  passes  the  administration  of  the 
college  into  the  hands  of  the  board  of  trustees,  with 
broad  general  powers,  subject  to  no  direct  supervision 
or  control  by  the  state  or  municipal  authorities.  The 
college  is,  however,  always  open  to  visitation,  and,  in 
accordance  with  a  subsequent  statute,  a  report  of  the 
condition  of  the  institution  is  made  annually  to  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  The  Con- 
gregational and  Presbyterian  Churches  of  Wisconsin 
and  northern  Illinois  are  regarded  as  the  proper  con- 
stituency of  the  college;  but  the  charter  precludes 
the  prescription  of  any  religious  tenets  or  opin- 
ions as  qualifications  required  of  instructors  or  condi- 
tions of  admission  for  students.  Its  aim  is  accordingly 
to  give  a  Christian,  but  not  a  sectarian,  education.  The 
charter  fixes  the  location  of  the  college  and  all  its  de- 
partments in  Beloit,  and  reserves  to  the  legislature  full 
power  to  alter  or  repeal  the  act  of  incorporation.  The 
board  of  trustees  are  empowered  to  confer  on  those 
whom  they  ma}T  deem  worthy,  all  such  honors  and  de- 
grees as  are  usually  conferred  by  like  institutions.  The 
original  charter  has  served  the  purpose  of  the  college 
thus  far  without  amendment  or  alteration. 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH 


THE   OBJECT    OF   THE   COLLEGE. 

The  American  college  is  an  institution  sui  generis, 
developed  by  circumstances  and  conditions  peculiar  to 
this  country.  The  founders  of  Beloit  College  had  be- 
fore them  the  type  form,  as  presented  in  the  colleges  of 
the  older  states,  especially  in  those  of  New  England,  and 
their  aim  was,  not  in  servile  imitation  to  copy  a  model, 
but  as  wisely  as  possible  to  adapt  the  leading  ideas  and 
features  of  those  institutions  to  the  fresh  life  and  swift 
growth  of  the  west.  So,  the  object  of  the  institution 
they  aimed  to  build  was  defined  to  be,  to  provide  for  the 
thorough,  liberal,  Christian  education  of  young  men; 
education  being  understood  to  mean  chiefly,  a  self- 
development  of  the  individual  under  training,  to  a  true 
self-possession  and  command  of  his  best  faculties.  The 
course  of  study  was  thus  arranged  for  discipline  even 
more  than  for  instruction,  though  both  are  included. 
The  design  comprehends  a  training  in  language  as  the 
great  instrument  and  condition  of  all  culture,  civiliza- 
tion or  thought;  in  mathematics  and  science,  as  means 
of  both  guiding  the  processes  of  investigation  and 
thought,  and  furnishing  the  matter  of  learning  ;  in  the 
histories  of  nature  and  of  man,  as  the  sources  of  practical 
knowledge;  and  in  those  philosophic  and  moral  prin- 
ciples necessary  to  complete  the  general  preparation  for 
a  broad  and  useful  life.  Under  the  conviction  that 
positive  principles  of  religious  faith  are  essential  to 
right  thought  as  well  as  to  right  life,  the  institution  is 
intended  to  be  a  religious  college  —  not  denominational, 
but  distinctly  and  earnestly  evangelical.  Its  endeavor 
is   to  combine   in   its   culture,   learning,  religion   and 


OF  BELOIT   COLLEGE.  7 

morality,  so  as  to  form  habits  of  thought,  faith  and 
rectitude,  which  will  best  fit  men  alike  to  succeed  in  the 
world,  to  do  the  world  good,  and  to  realize  the  Christian's 
hope  in  the  world  to  come. 

HISTOKY. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  Beloit  College  held  their 
first  meeting  October  23d,  1845,  and  took  preliminary 
measures  to  secure  a  charter,  select  a  location  and  devise 
a  plan  for  a  building.  The  charter  enacted  by  the  legis- 
lature was  accepted  October  13th,  1816.  On  the  21th  of 
June,  1847,  the  corner  stone  of  the  first  building  was 
laid  with  appropriate  ceremonies  and  public  exercises. 
On  the  same  day  the  first  appointment  of  a  professor 
was  made,  but  that  appointment  was  declined.  The 
college  was  opened  for  its  first  class  October  15,  1817, 
when  five  young  men  were  examined,  admitted  as  a 
Freshman  class,  and  placed  temporarily  under  the  in- 
struction of  Mr.  S.  T.  Merrill,  then  in  charge  of  the 
Beloit  Seminary.  On  the  23d  of  May,  1848,  Mr.  Jack- 
son J.  Bushnell  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathemat- 
ics and  Natural  Philosophy,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Emerson 
Professor  of  Languages.  These  two  gentlemen  entered 
upon  their  duties  at  once,  and  to  them  was  committed 
the  class  already  received,  and  the  further  internal  or- 
ganization and  administration  of  the  college.  On  the 
21st  of  November,  1849,  Rev.  Aaron  L.  Chapin  was 
elected  President  of  the  college.  He  entered  upon  the 
duties  of  that  office  February  1st,  1850,  and  on  the  24th 
of  July  of  the  same  year  he  was  formally  inaugurated 
with  public  exercises  held  in  a  grove  near  the  north- 
west corner  of  the  college  grounds.    The  first  class  was 


8  HISTORICAL  SKETCH 

graduatedsjuly  9th,  1851.  Since  then,  a  regular  ucces- 
sion  of  classes  has  been  kept  up.  Other  appointments 
to  the  faculty  of  instruction,  the  enlargement  of  the 
college  in  the  erection  of  buildings,  the  accumulation 
of  endowments  and  the  numbers  of  the  several  classes  as 
graduated  are  given  further  on,  under  distinct  titles. 
At  the  close  of  the  first  decade  of  the  life  of  the  col- 
lege, a  convention  of  its  friends  was  held  July  8th,  1857, 
when  Prof.  J.  Emerson  delivered  a  historical  address, 
and  resolutions  were  adopted  recognizing  the  divine  fa- 
vor to  the  enterprise,  and  commending  the  college  anew 
to  the  confidence  of  the  friends  of  thorough  education, 
with  an  earnest  appeal  for  contributions  to  increase  its 
resources.  The  annual  commencement,  July  14th,  1869, 
was  made  an  occasion  of  special  interest  by  the  formal 
dedication  of  the  Memorial  Hall,  erected  in  honor  of 
those  connected  with  the  college  who  had  served  in  the 
war  for  the  preservation  of  the  Union.  Hon.  Matthew 
H.  Carpenter,  U.  S.  Senator  from  Wisconsin,  delivered 
an  oration,  and  several  of  the  Alumni  and  distinguished 
soldiers  of  the  war  gave  brief  addresses.  In  connection 
with  the  commencement  of  July  9th,  1872,  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  the  opening  of  the  college  was  com- 
memorated by  appropriate  exercises,  in  which  represen- 
tatives from  the  Trustees,  the  Faculty  and  the  Alumni, 
bore  a  part. 

SITE   AKD   BUILDINGS. 

The  site  of  the  college  is  near  the  centre  of  the  city 
of  Beloit,  on  the  south  line  of  the  state  of  Wisconsin, 
midway  between  lake  Michigan  and  the  Mississippi 
river.     The  city  is  easily  accessible  from  all  directions, 


10  HISTORICAL   SKETCH. 

by  two  lines  of  railroad,  one  running  north  and  south, 
and  the  other  east  and  west,  which  cross  each  other  at 
this  place.     The  population  of  the  cit}'  is  about  5,000. 

The  college  grounds  inclose  an  area  of  24  acres, 
sketched  in  outline  on  the  map  preceding.  The  prem- 
ises are  bounded  by  streets  on  every  side,  and  the  sur- 
face is  diversified  by  groves  and  ravines,  presenting  a 
broad  and  elevated  plateau  fronting  to  the  east,  and  on 
the  west,  sloping  down  nearly  to  the  level  of  Rock  River, 
from  which  it  is  separated  by  a  street  and  a  narrow  tier 
of  lots  on  the  west  side.  This  site  was  a  place  specially 
honored  by  the  pre-historic  races,  as  is  attested  by 
twent}r  of  their  mounds  still  preserved  within  its  limits, 
one  of  which  originally  bore  the  unmistakable  outlines 
of  a  turtle.  At  points  indicated  on  the  map  stand  six 
college  buildings: 

1.  Middle  College,  begun  in  1847,  was  finished  so  far 
as  to  be  occupied  the  following  year.  It  is  an  edifice  of 
brick,  measuring  64  feet  by  44,  and  has  three  stories 
and  an  attic,  surmounted  by  a  cupola  and  belfry.  The 
attic  is  occupied  b}r  students1  rooms.  The  remainder 
is  divided  into  ten  rooms,  devoted  to  lectures,  recita- 
tions and  laboratory  work.  Its  cost  was  about  $10,000, 
mostly  donated  by  citizens  of  Beloit  with  the  original  site. 

2.  North  College,  a  dormitory  of  brick,  three  stories 
and  a  basement,  measuring  54  feet  by  40,  was  erected 
in  1854.  The  basement  is  used  as  a  dining  room  and 
appendages  for  a  students'  club,  and  the  three  stories 
are  divided  into  twelve  suites  of  rooms  for  students.  Its 
cost  was  about  $8,000,  a  small  portion  of  which  was 
contributed  for  the  specific  purpose. 

3.  The  Chapel,  a  brick  building,  60  feet  in  length  by 


MEMORIAL  HALL  OF  BELOIT  COLLEGE. 


12  HISTORICAL   SKETCH 

40  in  breadth,  of  two  high  stones,  was  erected  in  1858. 
The  lower  story  is  appropriated  to  two  school  rooms  for 
the  Preparatory  School,  and  the  upper  to  the  religious 
services  of  both  departments.  Its  cost  was  about 
$6,000,  one-half  of  which  was  contributed  by  the  citi- 
zens of  Beloit. 

4.  South  College  is  a  two  story  building  of  wood, 
erected  in  1868,  to  furnish  additional  dormitory  accom- 
modations. Its  dimensions  are  72  feet  by  35,  and  it  is 
divided  into  sixteen  rooms.     It  cost  $5,000. 

5.  Memorial  Hall,  a  view  of  which  is  presented  on 
page  11,  was  erected  in  1869,  in  honor  of  more  than  400 
sons  of  the  college  who  took  part,  46  of  whom  died,  in 
the  war  for  the  Union.  It  is  built  of  cream  colored  lime- 
stone, in  modern  Gothic  style,  70  feet  in  length  by  40 
in  breadth,  with  a  vestibule  28  feet  by  20.  Its  cost  was 
$26,000,  provided  for  mostly  by  special  donations  for 
the  object,  gathered  in  the  region.  The  vestibule  is 
devoted  to  tablets  and  memorials  of  the  war.  The 
main  building  is  divided  into  two  stories,  each  forming 
a  large,  high  hall.  The  upper  hall  is  occupied  by  the 
library  and  the  lower  by  the  cabinet.  It  is  contem- 
plated that  both  will  be  eventually  devoted  to  the  li- 
brary, when  a  separate  building  will  be  provided  for  the 
cabinet. 

6.  The  Gymnasium,  a  building  of  wood.  B0  feet  by  38, 
one  story  with  a  basement,  was  erected  in  1874,  at  an 
expense,  including  apparatus,  of  $3,900,  contributed 
chiefly  by  alumni  and  members  of  the  college  and  citi- 
zens of  Beloit.  This  building,  though  the  property  of 
the  college,  is  under  the  charge  of  an  association,  em- 
bracing members  of  the  Faculty  and  students.     Each 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE.  13 

student  is  required  to  take  part  in  a  daily  drill  for  half 
an  hour,  in  light  gymnastics  and  vocal  culture.  A 
bowling  alley  in  the  basement,  and  other  apparatus,  fur- 
nish faculties  for  additional  voluntary  exercise. 

COURSE   OF   STUDY. 

In  carrying  out  the  object  heretofore  indicated,  it  was 
the  first  purpose  of  the  trustees  to  confine  their  efforts 
to  founding  and  maintaining  a  college  in  the  strict 
sense  of  the  term,  in  which  the  course  of  study  and 
the  standard  of  scholarship  should  be  set  high.  A 
course  of  study  was  accordingly  adopted  conformed  to 
those  of  the  best  eastern  colleges.  That  purpose  has  been 
steadily  adhered  to  as  the  chief  aim,  and  that  leading 
course  of  study  has  been  changed  only  to  be  elevated 
and  improved.  But  it  was  sopn  found  that  this  region 
furnished  hardly  any -facilities  for  preparing  young  men 
to  enter  college,  and  that  there  was  great  demand  for 
an  advanced  English  education,  especially  to  prepare 
teachers  for  the  public  schools.  Hence  the  absolute 
necessity  of  establishing,  in  connection  with  the  college, 
a  Preparatory  Department  and  a  Normal  and  English 
Department.  The  rapid  development  and  wide  range 
of  Physical  Science  within  the  last  quarter  century,  and 
the  new  professions  which  have  thus  been  opened  to 
young  men,  have  made  it  advisable  also  to  establish  a 
course  of  study  parallel  and  equivalent  to  the  first, 
which  shall  bring  within  its  scope  new  branches  and  a 
more  thorough  investigation  of  science  and  philosophy. 
As  now  organized,  the  college  provides  for  young  men, 
1.  The  old  classical  course  of  study ;  2.  A  Parallel  Phil- 
osophical course,  and,  3.  A  Preparatory  school.  These 
are  severally  presented  in  detail  in  the  following  tables ; 


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HISTORICAL   SKETCH 


CLASSICAL   COURSE   OF   STUDY   AT   DIFFERENT   PERIODS. 


1847. 


1860. 


1875, 


Livy. 

Algebra. 
Homer's  Iliad. 


Livy,  Lat.Prose  Comp. 

Algebra. 

Homer's  Iliad,  Greek 

Prose  Composition. 
Ancient  History, 

Greece. 


Livy,  Lat.Prose  Comp. 

Algebra. 

Homer's   Odyssey, 

Greek  Prose  Comp. 
Ancient  Hist.,  Greece. 
Chaucer. 
Gr.  Testam't,  Gospels. 


Livy. 

Algebra,  Geometry. 
Homer's  Iliad. 


Livy,  Latin  Prose. 
Algebra,  Geometry. 
Homer's  Iliad,  Greek 

Prose. 
Ancient  History, 

Rome. 


Livy. 

Geometry. 

Homer's    Odyssey, 

Greek  Prose. 
Ancient  Hist.,  Rome. 
Chaucer. 
Gr.  Testam't,  Gospels. 


Horace. 
Geometry. 
Herodotus. 
Rhetorical  Exercises, 

weekly  through  the 

year. 


Horace,  Latin  Prose. 

Geometry. 

Herodotus,  Gr.  Prose. 

Weekly  lessons  in 
Chaucer,  and  Greek 
Testament.  Weekly 
themes  and  declama- 
tions thro'  the  year. 


Horace. 

Geometry,  Plane  Trig- 
onometry, Mensura- 
tion, Surveying. 

Herodotus,  Gr.   Prose. 

Chaucer. 

Greek  Testament,  Gos- 
pels. 


Horace. 

Geometry,  Trigonom- 
etry. 

Herodotus,  Xeno- 
phon's  Memorabilia. 


Horace,  Latin  Prose 
Composition. 

Trigonometry,  Mensu- 
ration, Surve  ying 
and  Navigation. 

Xenophon's  Memora- 
bilia, Greek  Prose 
Composition. 

Mediaeval  History. 


German. 

Spherical  Trigonome- 
try, Navigation,  Con- 
ic Sections. 

Xenophon's  Memora- 
bilia. 

Ancient  History,  East. 

Spenser. 

Gr.  Testam't,  Gospels. 


Cicero  de  Senectute 
and  de  Amicitia. 

Trigonometry,  Mensu- 
ration, Surveying. 

The  Alcestis  of  Eurip- 
ides. 

Rhetoric. 


Tacitus    on    Oratory, 

Rhetoric. 
Trigonometry,    Conic 

Sections. 
Plato's  Apology    and 

Crito,   Greek  Prose 

Composition. 
Modern  History. 


German. 

Greek  Tragedy, 

Chemistry. 

Spenser. 

Greek  Testament. 


Cicero  de  Oratore. 
Navigation,  Conic 

Sections. 
The     Prometheus    of 

^Eschylus. 
Rhetorical    Exercises 

weekly  through  the 

year. 


Tacitus,  Rhetoric. 

Analytical  Geometrjr, 
Calculus. 

The  Prometheus  of 
iEschylus,  Greek 
ProseComposition. 

Physiology. 

Weekly  Lessons  in 
Spenser  and  Greek 
Testament.  Weekly 
themes  and  declama- 
tions thro'  the  year. 


Horace. 

Analytical     Geometry, 

Calculus. 
Chemistry. 
Milton. 
Greek  Testament. 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE. 


15 


classical  couese  oe  study  —  continued. 


1847. 


Tacitus. 

Natural  Philosophy. 
Electra  of  Sophocles. 
Plato's  Gorgias. 


Tacitus. 

Natural  Philosophy. 
Demosthenes  de  Coro- 
na. 


1860. 


Cicero  de  Officiis. 
Natural  Philosophy. 
German. 


German. 

Natural  Philosophy. 
Chemistry. 

Guizot's    History    of 
Civilization. 


1875. 


Rhetoric. 

Natural  Philosophy. 

Mineralogy. 

Mediaeval  History  and 
History  of  Civiliza- 
tion. 

English  Literature. 

Greek  Testament, 
Epistles. 


Rhetorical  Analysis  of 
Cicero  and  Demos- 
thenes. 

Natural  Philosophy. 

Mental  Philosophy. 

English  Literature. 

Greek  Testament. 


Select  Latin. 

Astronomy,  Botany. 

Natural  Theology. 

Evidences  of  Christi- 
anity. 

Weekly  rhetorical  ex- 
ercises through  the 
year. 


Tacitus. 

The  Antigone  of  Soph- 
ocles. 

Astronomy,  Botany, 
Zoology. 

Weekly  lessons  from 
Milton,  and  weekly 
themes  and  orations 
through  the  year. 


Tacitus. 

Thucydides. 

Botany. 

Plato's  Apology,  Crito 

andPlnedo. 
English  Literature. 
Greek  Testament. 


Astronomy. 
Intellectual    Philoso- 
phy, Logic. 
Physiology. 
Zoology. 

Plato's  Gorgias. 
Logic. 

Geology  and  Mineral- 
ogy. 

Cicero  de  Natura  Deo- 

rum. 
Logic. 
Geology. 
Shakspeare. 
Greek   Testament, 

Epistles. 

< 

B 
o 

The  Calculus. 
Moral  Philosophy. 
Political  Economy. 
Select  Greek. 
Chemistry. 

Demosthenes  de  Coro- 
na. 
Mental  Philosophy. 
Political  Economy. 
U.  S.  Constitution. 

Political  Economy. 
U.  S.  Constitution. 
Astronomy. 
Moral  Philosophy. 
Shakspeare. 
Greek  Testament. 

w 

CO 

Mineralogy,  Geology. 

U.  S.  Constitution. 

Evidences  of  Christi- 
anity. 

Weekly    exercises    in 
Rhetoric  and   Com- 
position through  the 
year. 

Moral  Philosophy. 

Evidences  of  Christi- 
anity   and    Butler's 
Analogy. 

Weekly  lessons  from 
writers  of   the  18th 
and  19th  centuries. 

Weekly    themes    and 
orations. 

Weekly  lessons  in 
Greek  Testament 
through  the  year. 

International  Law. 
Butler's  Analogy. 
Evidences  of    Christi- 
anity. 
Bacon. 
Greek  Testament. 

16 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH 


PHILOSOPHICAL  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

18  75, 

Freshman  Tear. 


w 

M 
PS 

w 

H 

LANGUAGES, 

RHETORIC  AND 

CIVIL  POLITY. 

MATHEMATICS 

AND 

SCIENCE. 

HISTORY 

AND 

BELLES-LETTRES. 

PHILOSOPHY 

AND 

BIBLE  STUDIES. 

] 

I 

Latin  or  Greek. 
French. 

Spherical    Trigo- 
nometry. 
Navigation. 
Conic  Sections. 

Chaucer. 
Ancient  History, 
Greece. 

New  Testament, 
Gospels. 

1 

I 

Latin  or  Greek. 
French. 

Crystallography. 

Chaucer. 
Ancient  History, 
Rome. 

New  Testament, 
Gospels. 

1 

Latin  or  Greek. 

Anal.   Geometry. 
Calculus,  Botany 

Chaucer. 

New  Testament, 
Gospels. 

Sophomore  Tear, 


■J. 

Latin  or  Greek. 

Mechanics     and 
Hydrostatics. 
Chemistry. 

Spenser,   Milton. 
Ancient  History, 
The  East. 

New  Testament, 
Gospels. 

{ 

{ 

Latin  or  Greek. 

Pneumatics,     A- 
coustics,     Elec- 
tricity, Magnet- 
ism, Optics. 

Chemistry. 

Spenser  and  Mil- 
ton. 

New  Testament, 
Gospels. 

I 

Latin  or  Greek. 

Chemistry. 
Zoology, 

Spenser  and  Mil- 
ton. 

New  Testament, 
Gospels. 

Junior 

Tear. 

i. 
/. 

7 

Rhetoric. 
German. 

Mineralogy. 

Hist,  of  France. 
Hist.of  Civiliza'n 

Shaw's  Manual. 

New  Testament. 
Acts. 

f 

I 

German. 

Astronomy. 

Shaw's  Manual. 

New  Testament, 

Epistles. 
Men'l  Philosop'y 

1 
X 

German, (two  dai- 
ly recitations). 

Mineralogy. 
Lithology. 

Shaw's  Manual. 

New  Testament, 
Epistles. 

Senior 

Tear. 

1 

T 

Geology. 

German    History 
and  Literature. 
Shakspeare. 

New  Testament, 

Epistles. 
Logic. 

r 

r.} 
1 

Political    Econo- 
my. 
U.S.  Constitution 

Geology. 

Shakspeare. 

New  Testament, 

Epistles. 
Moral  Philosop'y 

f 
1 
1 

eo 

1 

Internat'nal  Law 

Comprehensive 
Review  of  Nat- 
ural History. 

Shakspeare. 

New  Testament, 

Epistles. 
Butler's  Analogy 
Evid.    of    Chris- 
tianity. 

OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE 


17 


PREPARATORY   SCHOOL. 
Classical  Course  of  Study. 


1849. 

I860. 

1873. 

f  Latin   Grammar   and 

Lessons. 

<. 

Cresar. 

f  Latin    Grammar  and 

e 

English  Grammar, 

§ 

Reader. 

V 

Orthography. 

&< 

English  Grammar. 

Arithmetic. 

Latin  Grammar. 

•vs 

Geography. 
Arithmetic. 

=- 

U.  S.  History. 

Latin  Reader. 

r5 

^ 

General  History. 

Sallust. 

Physiology. 

Virgil. 

f  Caesar,  Virgil. 

Physical  Geography. 

Cicero. 

Greek  Grammar  and 

Greek  Grammar. 

<$. 

Lessons. 

r  Caesar,  Virgil. 

Greek  Reader. 

V  J 

English  Grammar. 

|» 

Greek  Grammar  and 

Greek  Testament. 

-a 

Analysis  of  Milton. 

<« 

Lessons. 

English  Grammar. 

Arithmetic. 

*m 

Xenophon's  Anabasis 

Arithmetic. 

Geography. 

'e  -< 

Arithmetic. 

Algebra. 

© 

Algebra. 

Geography. 

'  Virgil. 

^ 

Ancient  Hist.,  Greece 

XT.  S.  History. 

Cicero. 
Greek  Reader. 

^ 

and  Rome. 

Algebra. 

• 

Virgil,  Cicero. 
Xenophon's  Anabasis 

co 

U.  S.  History. 

e 

Si-1 

Homer. 

Algebra. 

co 

L   Geometry. 

English,  Normal  and  Scientific  Courses. 


1849. 


Normal  and  English 
Course. 


English  Grammar 
and  Analysis. 

Geography. 

History. 

Arithmetic. 

Algebra. 

Geometry,Surveying. 

Conic  Sections. 

Physiology,  Botany. 

Chemistry. 

Mineralogy,  Geology. 

Rhetoric,  Logic. 

Mental  and  Moral 
Philosophy. 

Political  Economy. 

Evidences  of  Christ- 
ianity. 


I860. 


Normal  and  Scientific. 
Course. 


English  Grammar  and 
Analysis. 

Geography. 

U.  S.  History. 

Arithmetic,  Algebra. 

Geometry,  Surveying. 

Conic  Sections. 

Natural  Philosophy. 

Chemistry,  Physiology. 

Botany,  Zoology. 

Rhetoric,  Logic. 

Mental  and  Moral  Philoso- 
phy. 

Political  Economy. 

U.  S.  Constitution, 

Evidences  of  Christianity. 


1875. 


Elementary  Scientific 
Course. 

English  Grammar 
and  Analysis. 

Arithmetic,  Algebra. 

Civil  and  Physical 
Geography. 

IT.  S.  History. 

Bookkeeping. 


Latin. 

Algebra,  Geometry. 

General  History. 

State  andU.  S.  Const. 

Natural  Philosophy. 

Botany. 


Latin  or  Greek. 

Algebra,  Geometry. 

Plane  Trigonometry. 
-^  \    Surveying. 
£  I    Physiology,  Zoology. 
g  |    Chemistry. 
^  L   Geology. 


18  HISTORICAL   SKETCH 

CHEMICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

Instruction  is  given  in  Chemistry  by  oral  lectures  and 
actual  work  on  the  part  of  the  students,  in  the  working 
laboratory,  which  was  fitted  up  in  1870,  and  is  under 
the  charge  of  Prof.  James  H.  Eaton.  It  has  facilities 
for  thirty  students.  The  cabinet  of  minerals  provides 
specimens  for  analysis. 

PHYSICS. 

In  the  department  of  Physics,  recitations  from  text- 
books are  supplemented  by  oral  lectures,  in  connection 
with  which  principles  are  illustrated  by  means  of  varied 
apparatus. 

NATURAL   HISTORY. 

In  the  several  branches  of  Natural  History,  instruc- 
tion is  given  by  text-books,  lectures,  recitations  and  dis- 
cussions, varied  by  field  and  laboratory  work.  Topics 
are  also  assigned  to  students  for  original  investigation. 

ENGLISH   LITERATURE. 

Through  all  the  history  of  the  college,  this  depart- 
ment has  been  made  prominent.  The  weekly  exercise 
kept  up  during  the  whole  course  is  designed  to  intro- 
duce students  to  the  leading  writers  of  successive  his- 
torical periods,  with  special  attention  to  their  idioms 
and  style.  For  training  in  English  Composition  and 
Elocution,  students  are  required  from  time  to  time  to 
present  original  essays  and  orations  on  selected  themes, 
with  practice  in  reading  and  speaking. 

BIBLE    STUDIES. 

The  recitations  in  Bible  Studies,  every  Monday  morn- 
ing, are   designed   to  bring  into  review  the  historical 


OF    BELOIT   COLLEGE.  19 

facts,  the  truths  and  principles  of  Christianity  as  they 
stand  in  the  original  scriptures,  or  are  derived  directly 
from  them. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

The  College  year  of  thirty-nine  weeks  is  divided  into 
three  terms.  At  the  close  of  the  first  and  second  terms, 
each  of  the  classes  is  examined  orally,  before  the  Fac- 
ulty, in  the  studies  of  the  term.  At  the  close  of  each 
year,  each  class  is  subjected  to  a  written  examination  in 
all  the  studies  of  the  year.  The  results  of  these  examina- 
tions are  of  importance  in  determining  the  standing  of 
each  student. 

LIBRARY. 

The  College  Library  was  commenced  in  1848.  For  its 
progressive  increase  it  has  been  indebted  to  many  donors 
of  books,  or  of  means  for  their  purchase.  Among  the 
largest  donors  of  books  were  Rev.  H.  N.  Brinsmade,  D. 
D.;  Rev.  Prof.  M.  P.  Squier,  D.  D.;  Rev.  Dr.  Merrill, 
late  of  Middlebury,  Vt.;  Rev.  A.  Benton,  and  the  United 
States  government. 

The  Library  now  contains  somewhat  more  than  eight 
thousand  volumes,  besides  several  hundred  pamphlets. 
It  is  dependent  for  its  increase  upon  the  continued  liber- 
ality of  donors,  and  upon  the  income  of  funds  provided 
mainly  for  certain  departments.  These  are,  1st.  The 
Davis  Fund,  of  $500,  given  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Davis,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  for  the  department  of  English  Literature. 
2d.  The  Colton  Fund,  of  $5,000,  left  by  the  will  of  Mrs. 
Love  Colton,  devoted  chiefly  to  the  department  of  His- 
tory and  Civil  Polity.  3d.  The  Emerson  Fund,  given 
in  memory  of  Rev.  Ralph  Emerson,  D.  D.,  formerly 
professor  in  Andover  Theological  Seminary.     This  fund, 


20  HISTORICAL   SKETCH 

the  value  of  which  is  estimated  al  $15,000,  is  devoted  to 
the  department  of  Sacred  and  Classical  Learning. 

The  Library  is  opened  at  stated  times  for  consultation 
and  for  the  drawing  of  books  by  members  of  the  college. 

COLLEGE   SOCIETIES   AMONG   STUDENTS. 

The  Archaean  Society  was  organized  for  literary  and 
rhetorical  practice  in  the  first  year  of  the  college.  It 
was  reorganized  a  few  years  afterward  as  the  Archaean 
Union,  consisting  of  the  Alethian  and  Delian  Societies, 
having  a  common  library  of  about  1,000  volumes,  and 
common  public  meetings.  Literary  Societies  are  also 
maintained  in  the  Preparatory  School. 

COLLEGE    MAGAZINE. 

A  monthly  magazine  was  commenced  by  the  students 
in  1853,  and  is  now  in  the  twenty-second  volume.  It 
is  now  published  semi-monthly  under  the  name  of  the 
Round  Table  and  Beloit  Monthly. 

A  Reading  Room  is  maintained  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Archaean  Union  and  the  College  Monthly. 

The  Missionary  Society  also  has  a  library,  and  gathers 
information  and  organizes  Christian  effort  in  the  college 
and  the  vicinity. 

CABINET. 

The  College  Cabinet  contains:  a.  Minerals  — 150 
species  represented  by  about  1,000  specimens  of  good 
cabinet  size  of  American  and  European  localities  ;  no 
species  are  represented  with  especial  prominence,  b. 
Rocks  —  300  specimens  of  crystalline  and  50  of  frag- 
mental  rocks  of  Wisconsin,  100  European  crystalline 
and  fragmental.  All  these  specimens  are  neatly  trimmed 
4x3  inches,  and  the  localities  are  accurately  known. 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE.  21 

Also  65  specimens  of  lava  from  Mount  Vesuvius,  from 
eruptions  of  different  dates,  c.  Animals  —  This  collec- 
tion is  small,  shells  and  birds  being  best  represented. 
d.  Fossils  —  The  Trenton  limestone  of  this  region  is 
represented  quite  fully.  With  a  few  fossils  from  most 
of  the  formations,  the  Niagara  of  Wisconsin  and  the 
Upper  Helderberg  at  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio,  have  con- 
tributed the  greater  number  of  specimens.  There  is  a 
European  collection  of  183  species.  It  is  expected  that 
the  Palceozoic  fossils  will  be  largely  increased  from  the 
state  geological  survey,  e.  Plants — The  botanical  col- 
lection embraces  more  than  three  thousand  species  of 
plants  collected  in  this  country  and  Europe. 

SCHOLARSHIPS   AND   BENEFICIARY   FUNDS. 

The  sum  of  $9,000,  received  through  bequests  and  do- 
nations for  this  purpose,  is  set  apart  as  an  Educational 
Fund,  the  income  of  which  is  appropriated  in  aid  of 
students  with  narrow  means,  preparing  for  the  Christian 
ministry  in  connection  with  any  evangelical  denom- 
ination. 

The  payment  of  $500  establishes  a  permanent  scholar- 
ship which  provides  for  the  tuition  of  one  student  an- 
nually, to  be  named  by  the  donor  or  by  the  College  Fac- 
ulty. Sixteen  such  scholarships,  of  which  four  were 
contributed  by  churches,  have  been  fully  paid  and  are 
now  available.  Several  others,  on  which  partial  pay- 
ments have  been  made,  remain  to  be  filled  up  in  the 
future. 

Formerly,  an  individual  scholarship  was  offered  on 
payment  of  $100,  which  provides  for  the  tuition  of  one 
student  through  the  college  course  of  four  years,  or  its 


22  HISTORICAL   SKETCH 

equivalent  in  the  Preparatory  School.  No  new  scholar- 
ships are  issued  on  this  plan,  but  one  hundred  such  were 
established,  twenty-seven  of  which  have  been  used  up, 
and  the  remainder  are  still  good  for  the  period  of  twen- 
ty-five years  from  the  date  of  the  donation.  The  only 
conditions  of  these  scholarships,  both  permanent  and 
single  are,  that  the  benefit  shall  be  in  every  case  a  free 
gift  to  the  occupant,  and  that  his  conduct  and  scholar- 
ship must  be  approved  by  the  Faculty  as  meeting  the 
requirements  of  the  College. 

Through  these  resources,  the  income  of  about  $25,000 
is  available  for  the  relief  of  students  who  are  struggling 
against  pecuniary  embarrassments  to  secure  a  liberal 
education. 

PRIZES. 

By  the  benefactions  of  several  donors,  three  prize 
scholarships  have  been  founded,  available  for  tuition  in 
whole  or  in  part,  one  for  each  of  the  three  last  years  of 
the  College  course,  awarded  to  the  student  of  highest 
standing  in  scholarship. 

A  scholarship  has  also  been  founded  which  offers  free 
tuition  for  one  year  to  the  graduate  of  any  High  School 
in  Wisconsin  or  Illinois  who  passes  the  best  examina- 
tion on  admission  to  the  College. 

There  are  provided,  also,  a  small  prize  for  the  student 
who  passes  the  best  examination  for  admission  to  the 
Freshman  Class,  two  prizes  awarded  to  members  of  the 
Sophomore  and  Freshman  classes  for  excellence  in 
declamation,  and  a  prize,  competed  for  by  members  of 
the  Senior  Class,  presenting  English  essays  on  subjects 
assigned. 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE. 


23 


STUDENTS   IN   COLLEGE   CLASSES   AT   BELOIT    COLLEGE. 


Tears. 


1847-8... 
1848-9... 
1849-'50. 
1850-1... 
1851-2... 
1852-3... 
1853-4... 
1854-5... 
1855-6... 
1856-7... 
1857-8... 
1858-9... 

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1860-1... 
1861-2... 
1862-3... 
1863^... 
1864-5... 
1865-6... 
1866-7... 
1867-8... 


1869-'70  , 
1870-1.., 
1871-2... 
1872-3... 
1873-4... 
1874-5... 
1875-6... 


5 
10 
13 
16 

9 
15 
13 
15 
14 
21 
23 
17 
23 
30 
25 
24 
28 
37 
18 
29 
31 
14 
15 
20 
29 
25 


4 

10 

11 
11 

9 
13 
11 
14 

9 
21 
21 
10 
16 
21 
17 
13 
23 
25 
15 
18 
20 
12 
14 
15 
28 
19 


18 
15 

9 
13 
20 
16 

8 
13 
20 
11 
14 
13 
10 

5 

9 
21 


10 


1 

5 

4 

4 

7 

8 

8 

8 

7 

4 

16 

12 

3 

7 

17 

13 

8 

13 

18 

11 

13 

13 


1 

1 

6 

13 

4 

4 

2 

9 

7 

4 

13 

16 

5 

14 
8 
16 
11 
21 
11 
18 
15 
12 
12 
15 
8 
11 


Graduated  at  Beloit,  ... 

Graduated  elsewhere,    - 
Died  during  course,  ... 

Still  in  college  at  Beloit, 
Failed  to  complete  the  college  course,   - 
Total  number, 


216 

43 

8 

79 

206 

554 


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26 


HISTOEICAL   SKETCH 


GIFTS   AND   ENDOWMENTS. 


Benefactors. 

Date. 

Amount. 

Objects. 

Citizens  of  Beloit, 

1845-00 

|3, 500 

Site. 

Citizens  of  Beloit,    - 

1845-48 

9,500 

Middle  College. 

Rev.  Henry  Barber, 
Thomas  W.  Williams, 

1846-00 

1,000 

General  purposes. 

1847-67 

12,000 

Professorship. 

Citizens  of  Saybrook, 

1848-00 

500 

Charity  scholarship.  . 

Citizens  of  Milwaukee,  - 

1849-00 

2,200 

Endowment. 

Citizens  of  Galena, 

1849-00 

105 

General  purposes. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Austin, 

1850-00 

500 

Charity  scholarship. 

Meneely  &  Co.,     - 

1850-00 

24 

Bell. 

Ladies  of  Beloit, 

1850-00 

80 

Bell  and  Library  case8. 

J.  J.  Bushnell,      - 

1850-00 

500 

Apparatus. 

Mrs.  Sarah  W.  Hale, 

1850-00 

35,000 

Professorship,  cur.  expen. 

Miles  P.  Squier,  D.  D., 

1850-00 

10,000 

Professorship. 

Rev.  Darid  Root, 

1850-63 

10.000 

Professorship. 

John  Emerson,    - 

1850-52 

1,000 

Charity  scholarships. 

General  subscriptions  (West) 

1850-53 

8,000 

Scholarships,  cur.  expen. 

Citizens  of  Chicago, 

1852-00 

3,900 

Endowments. 

Mrs.  L.  Colton,    - 

1852-54 

1,000 

Chapel,  library,  N.  CoPge. 

Mrs.  Z.  P.  Banister, 

1852-00 

100 

General  purposes. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney, 
Danforth,  Wright  &  Co., 

1853-00 
1853-00 

20 
250 

Library. 
Diploma  plate. 

Joseph  Otis  (bequest) 

1854-00 

2,000 

Charity  scholarships. 
Scholarships,  genl  uses. 

General  subscriptions  (West) 

1853-54 

2,000 

H.  N.  Brinsmade,  D.  D.,    - 

1854-65 

7,000 

Professorship. 

E.  C.  Chapin,    - 

1854-56 

1,000 

North  College. 

General  subscriptions  (West) 

1856-00 

13,000 

General  purposes. 
Library  fund. 

Mrs.  L.  Colton  (bequest),  - 

1857-00 

5,000 

General  subscriptions  (East) 

i  *r>7-oo 

7,800 

General  purposes. 

Citizens  of  Beloit, 

185 *-«0 

3,000 

Chapel. 

An  anonymous  friend,     - 

1863 -00 

10, 000 

Endowment  fund. 

Subscriptions  (East), 
W.  S.  Gilman, 

1863-64 

15,000 

Endowment  fund. 

1864-00 

5,000 

Endowment  fund. 

Miss  C.  E.  Nye  (bequest), 

1864-00 

1,500 

General  purposes. 

James  T.  Lewis, 

1865-00 

100 

Prize  fund. 

A.  Harwood, 

1865-00 

12,000 

Professorship. 

Ralph  Emerson, 

1866-00 

15,000 

Library  fund. 

Mrs.  James  H.  Rogers,    - 

1868-00 

500 

Prize  scholarship. 

General  subscriptions  (West) 

1863-70 

25,000 

Scholarships,  gen1l  uses. 

General  subscriptions  (West) 

1866-70 

18,000 

Memorial  Hall. 

Miss  E.  Davis, 

1870-00 

500 

Library  fund. 

Mrs.  M.  T.  Ripley, 

1871-00 

500 

Fund  for  Chemical  Dep't. 

Subscriptions  (West), 

1872-00 

10,000 

Endowment. 

Citizens    of   Beloit,  Alumni, 

and  others,     ... 

1872-75 

3,900 

Gymnasium. 

Rufus  Dodge  (bequest), 

1873-00 

5,000 

Education  fund. 

Mrs.  M.  P.  Squier  (bequest) 

1875-00 

2,000 

Squier  professorship. 

James  S.  Seymour  (bequest) 

1876-00 

3,000 

Squier  professorship. 

Miscellaneous  small  contr'ns 

1,500 

General  purposes. 

Wis.  Normal   School  Fund  * 

''fift-s^eo 

3,440 

Current  expenses. 

Contributions  from  the  East 

through  Western  Col.  Soc'y 

1849-57 

8,000 

Current  expenses. 

*  Before  the  establishment  of  State  Normal  Schools,  a  distribution  of  the  income 
of  ttie  Wisconsin  Normal  School  Fund  was  made  to  several  institutions  in  the 
state  doing  Normal  work,  in  which  Beloit  College  participated.  It  has  received 
no  other  grant  from  the  state. 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE. 


27 


SUCCESSIVE    OFFICERS    AtfD    MEMBERS. 

Elect. 

Presidents  of  the  Board. 

Ret. 

1845 

*  Rev.  Aratus  Kent,      ------ 

1850 

1850 

Rev.  Aaron  L.  Chapin,  D.  D.,             - 



Secretaries  of  the  Board. 

1845 

*  Rev.  Dexter  Clary,                ..... 
Rev.  Henry  P.  Higley,              ..... 

1874 

1874 



Members. 

1845 

♦  Rev.  Aratus  Kent,    ------ 

1869 

1845 

*  Rev.  Dexter  Clary,         ...... 

1874 

1845 

*  Rev.  Stephen  Peet,              .           .           -           .           - 

1855 

1845 

Rev.  Flavel  Bascom,      ------ 

1850 

1845 

Rev.  Calvin  Waterbury,      -           -           -           -           - 

1850 

1845 

Rev.  Jeclediah  D.  Stevens, 

1873 

1845 

Rev.  Aaron  L.  Chapin,  D.  D.,        - 



1845 

Rev.  Ruel  M.  Pearson,             - 



1845 

*  George  W.  Hickcox,            - 

1856 

1845 

♦Augustine  Raymond,     ------ 

1851 

1845 

♦Charles  M.  Goodsell,           ----- 

1848 

1845 

♦  Ephraim  H.  Potter,       ------ 

1857 

1845 

Lucius  G.  Fisher,      ...... 



1845 

Wait  Talcott,       ------- 



1845 

*  Charles  S   Hempstead,       ..... 

1847 

1845 

♦Samuel  Hinman,           ...... 

1865 

1848 

♦  Horatio  Newhall,  M.  D., 

1866 

1848 

♦Eliphalet  Cramer,          ------ 

1858 

1850 

Rev.  G.  S.  F.  Savage,  D.  D„ 



1851 

♦Rev.  Harvey  Curtis,  D.  D.,      ..... 

1858 

1851 

*  Rev.  John  Lewis,      ------ 

1860 

1851 

Benjamin  W.  Raymond,          - 



1856 

Rev.  Issac  E.  Cary,              ..... 

1858 

1856 

♦James  H.  Rogers,          ...... 

Rev.  Horatio  N.  Brinsmade,  D.  D.,         - 

1863 

1856 

1865 

1856 

Anson  P.  Waterman,        ..-..- 



1858 

Rev.  Zephaniah  M.  Humphrey,  D.  D.,    - 

1861 

1858 

Rev.  Henry  B.  Holmes,    ------ 

1863 

1858 

Thomas  D.  Robertson,        ..... 



1858 

Ellis  S.  Chesbrough,     ----.. 



1858 

Rev.  Charles  P.  Bush,  D.  D.,         - 

1860 

1860 

♦  Rev.  Martin  P.  Kinney,           .           .           -           -           - 

1870 

1861 

Josiah  L.  Pickard,  LL.  D.,             - 



1862 

Rev.  Charles  D.  Helmer,         .           -           -           -           - 

1876 

1863 

Rev.  Isaac  E.  Carey,           - 

1874 

1863 

Rev.  Charles  Boynton,             .           .           .           -           - 

1870 

1866 

Samuel  D.  Hastings,           .           .           .           -           . 



1866 

Rev.  Enos  J.  Montague,           - 



1866 

Rev.  Samuel  W.  Eaton,      -           -           -           .           - 

i 

1866 

John  R.  Goodrich,         ...... 



1867 

Roger  H.  Mills, 



1869 

Sereno  T.  Merrill,         ...... 



1869 

Rev.  Joseph  Collie,             ..... 



1870 

Rev.  Lyman  Whiting,  D.  D.,  - 



1870 

Harlan  M.  Page,        ------ 

■ 

1873 

Rev.  Henry  P.  Higley,              - 



1874 

Orlando  B.  Bidwell,             -           -           -           -           - 

. 

1874 

Rev.  Henry  A.  Miner,               - 
Treasurers. 



1849 

♦Jackson  J.  Bushnell,           - 

1856 

1856 

♦  Leander  D.  Gregory,      -.--.. 

1869 

1869 

Anson  P.  Waterman,           ..... 



♦Deceased. 


28 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH 


SUCCESSIVE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  FACULTY. 


Elect 
1848 

Chair  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy, 

Jackson  J.  Bushnell,  M.  A., 

Ret. 
1858 

3860 

Rev.  Henry  L.  Kelsey,  M.  A..                     -           -           -      * 

1863 

1864 

*  Jackson  J.  Bushnell,  M.  A.   '  - 
Chair  of  Latin  and  Creek  Languages. 

1873 

1848 

Joseph  Emerson,  M.  A          -      "      - 
Chair  of  Chemistry  and  Natural  Science. 

1856 

1849 

♦Stephen  P.  Lathrop,  M.  D., 

1854 

1858 

Henry  B.  Nason,  Ph.  D.,      - 

1866 

1866 

Elijah  P.  Hams,  Ph.  D.. 

1868 

1868 

James  H.  Eaton,  Ph.  D. 
Chair  of  Intellectual  and  Moral  Philosphy. 

1850 

♦Miles  P.  Squier,  H.  1)., 

1866 

1864 

James  J.  Blaisdell,  D.  D.      - 
Chair  of  History  and  Civil  Polity. 

1853 

Aaron  L.  Chapin,  D.  D. 
Chair  of  Rhetoric  and  English  Literature. 



1853 

Franklin  W.  Fisk,  D.  D., 

1859> 

1859 

James  J.  Blaisdell.  D.  D., 

1864 

1868 

Rev.  Lyman  S.  Rowland,  M.  A.,    - 

1870 

1871 

■     Rev.  Henry  M.  Whitney,  M.  A. 
Chair  of  Mathematics. 

1854 

Rev.  William  Porter,  M.  A. 

Chair  of  Greek  Language  and  Literature. 

1856 

1856 

Rev.  Joseph  Emerson,  M.  A.  - 
Chair  of  Latin  Language  and  Literature. 



1856 

Rev.  William  Porter,  M.  A. 
Chair  of  Modern,  Languages. 



1871 

Peter  Hendrickson,  M.  A. 
Chair  of  Geology,  Zoology  and  Botany. 



1872 

Thomas  9.  Chamberlin,  M.  A. 



Principals  of  Preparatory  School. 

1854 

Lucius  D.  Chapin,  M.  A.,          ..... 

1855 

1855 

John  P.  Fisk,  M.  A., 

1871 

1871 

Ira  W.  Pettibone,  M.  A. 
Instructors  in  Mathematics. 



1855 

Rev.  Mason  P.  Grosvenor,               .... 

1855 

1856 

♦Rev.  Melzar  Montague,  M.  A.             -           -            -           - 
Instructor  in  Chemistry. 

1856 

1856 

♦James  Richards,  M.  D.         - 
Instructors  in  Rhetoric. 

1857 

1865 

Henry  C.  Dickinson,  B.  A.,       ..... 

1866 

1866 

♦Rev.  E.  G.  Miner,  M.  A. 

Tutors. 

1867 

1849 

Isaac  E.  Carey,  B.  A.,    ...... 

1851 

lh50 

♦Joseph  Hurlbiit,  B.  A., 

1851 

1851 

Thomas  S.  Potwin,  B.  A., 

1853 

1853 

Fisk  P.  Brewer,  B.  A.,          -           -           -           -           - 

1854 

1854 

Lewis  C,.  Baker,  B.  A.,   ...... 

1855 

1855 

William  D.  Alexander,  B.  A.,          .... 

1856 

1856 

Peter  McVicar,  B.  A.,     - 

1857 

1857 

William  H.  Ward,  B.  A., 

1858 

1857 

Franklin  C.  Jones,  B.  A.,          ..... 

1858 

1858 

Henry  S.  DeForest,  B.  A.,- 

1860 

1864 

♦Henry  C.  Dickinson,  B.  A.        - 

Assistants  in  Preparatory  School. 

1865 

1871 

Allison  D.  Attains,  B.  A.,     ..... 

1872 

1872 

Thomas  D.  Christie,  B.  A.,      - 

1874 

1874 

George  B.  Adams,  B.  A.,      ..... 

Goodwin  D.  Swezey,  B.  A.,      - 

1875 

1874 

1875 

1875 

Samuel  T.  Kidder,  B.  A.      - 

— ' — 

♦  Deceased. 


OF  BELOIT  COLLEGE.  29 

DEGKEES 

Beloit  College  has  conferred  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts  on  216  young  men,  of  whom  105  have  received 
also  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  course.  Honorary 
degrees  have  been  conferred  as  follows: 

D.  on  *Edward  Y.  Whiton. 

John  P.  Fisk. 

Henry  Freeman. 

James  F.  Hunnewell. 

*Rev.  Martin  P.  Kinney. 

Rev.  Edward  Brown. 

Orsamus  Cole. 

*Richard  Yates. 

David  Davis. 

Prof.  Chester  S.  Lyman. 

Timothy  0.  Howe. 

Matthew  H.  Carpenter. 

Rev.  Flavel  Bascom. 

*Rev.  John  J.  Miter. 

Rev.  James  R.  Danforth. 

Josiah  L.  Pickard. 

Jason  Downer. 

Prof.  James  T.  Hyde. 

Pres.  James  W.  Strong. 

Pres.  Peter  McYicar. 

Cadwallader  C.  Washburn. 

Alfred  A.  Jackson. 

Stephen  R.  Riggs. 

*Rev.  James  B.  Miles. 

Rev.  Edward  P.  Salmon. 

Rev.  Joel  Gr.  Sabin. 

Rev.  Spencer  R.  Wells. 

>=  Deceased.  ■; 


1857. 

LL.  D. 

1857. 

M.  A. 

1858. 

M.  A. 

1858. 

M.  A. 

1861. 

M.  A. 

1861. 

M.  A. 

1861. 

LL.  D. 

1863. 

LL.  D. 

1863. 

LL.  D. 

1864. 

M.  A. 

1869. 

LL.  D. 

1869. 

LL.  D. 

1869. 

D.  D. 

1869. 

D.  D. 

1869. 

M.  A. 

1870. 

LL.  D. 

1870. 

LL.  D. 

1870. 

D.  D. 

1871. 

D.  D. 

1871. 

D.  D. 

1872. 

LL.  D. 

1872. 

M.  A. 

1873. 

D.  D. 

1873. 

D.  D. 

1871. 

M.  A. 

1874. 

M.  A. 

1874. 

M.  A. 

30 


HISTORICAL   SKETCH. 


DENOMINATIONS    OF   MINISTERS   WHO    HAVE    STUDIED   AT 

BELOIT. 

The  auspices  under  which  the  College  was  planted, 
and  the  influences  attending  its  growth,  have  conduced 
to  direct  the  attention  of  many  of  its  students  to  the 
Christian  ministry  as  a  profession.  The  following  table 
shows  how  the  fruits  of  its  work,  in  this  respect,  have 
been  distributed  among  the  different  branches  of  the 
church : 


Cong. 

Pres. 

Meth. 

Epis. 

Ref'd 

Unit, 

Swed. 

Total. 

Graduated  at  Beloit 

Graduated  at  other  colleges 

54 
3 
16 

14 
6 

2 

5 
5 

3 

1 

1 

1 

1 

78 
11 
23 

73 

22 

10 

4 

1 

1 

1 

112 

PROFESSIONAL   SCHOOLS. 

The  charter  authorizes  the  board  of  trustees  to  open 
departments  for  the  study  of  the  liberal  professions.  In 
the  year  1852,  some  steps  were  taken  preliminary  to  the 
establishing  of  a  Theological  School  in  connection  with 
the  college.  But  measures  soon  after  adopted  for  set- 
ting up  separate  Theological  Seminaries  elsewhere  on 
this  field,  led  to  the  abandonment  of  the  plan,  and  thus 
far  no  professional  schools  have  been  organized. 

The  institution  thus  stands  devoted  to  the  one  object 
of  making  as  complete  and  thorough  as  possible  the  pro- 
cesses of  a  proper  college  education.  The  foundations 
have  been  laid  broad  and  deep,  and  an  auspicious  begin- 
ning has  been  made.  For  the  full  accomplishment  of 
its  aim,  large  additions  to  its  endowments  are  needed. 


OF   BELOIT   COLLEGE.  31 

If  the  spirit  of  Christian  beneficence,  which  has  been  its 
dependence  hitherto,  shall,  in  the  years  to  come,  be  ex- 
panded in  due  proportion  to  the  developing  wealth  of 
the  region,  the  wants  of  the  enterprise  will  be  met  and 
its  abiding  prosperity  Lensured. 


PAMPHLET    BINDER 
^ZZ   Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Stockton,  Calif. 


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